Weird problem 😅

Cheris · August 22, 2019, 4:28pm

Hello everyone!

So, I’m helping someone coding her story and I was coding a scene with an overlay for the person. When I preview it, the overlay appears and moves perfectly fine but when she does, the overlay only appears and doesn’t move. She tried it on Google Chrome, she refreshed the page multiple times, tried it even on the mobile app and she copied and pasted the code correctly but it’s not working. Here’s the code:

   LAYLA (talk_agree_happy)
I thought you might say that, and that's why I got you this.

@overlay MAKEUP1 create

@overlay MAKEUP1 opacity 1 in 0

&overlay MAKEUP1 shifts to 99 94 in zone 3 in 0

&overlay MAKEUP1 scales to 1.000 1.000

@overlay MAKEUP1 moves to layer 1 AND JANE moves to layer 3 AND LAYLA moves to layer 2

&pause for 2

&LAYLA is pickup_object_neutral

&overlay MAKEUP1 shifts to 59 233 in zone 3 in 1.75

@pause for a beat

@JANE is take_object_neutral

@pause for a beat

&LAYLA is idle_armscrossed_shifteyes_loop

&overlay MAKEUP1 moves to layer 4

@overlay MAKEUP1 shifts to 102 186 in zone 3

&overlay MAKEUP1 shifts to 111 176 in zone 3 in 8

    JANE (talk_cup_neutral)
What is it?

    LAYLA (talk_excited_happy)
It's a tattoo cover up!

Here is how it looks when she previews it:

And here is how it should look:

Does anyone know what the problem could be or how to fix this?

Sydney_H · August 22, 2019, 6:15pm

Moved to Directing Helps and Tips since this is about coding. Make sure to check out our Forum Tutorial for more info about where to correctly create topics, and feel to PM me if there are any questions.

Cheris · August 22, 2019, 7:51pm

Thank you!

Cheris · August 23, 2019, 5:06am

@lanafrazer_episode?
Or anyone else?

WolfyLover247 · August 23, 2019, 5:41am

@overlay MAKEUP1 create

@overlay MAKEUP1 opacity 1 in 0

&overlay MAKEUP1 shifts to 99 94 in zone 3 in 0

&overlay MAKEUP1 scales to 1.000 1.000

&overlay MAKEUP1 moves to layer 1
&JANE moves to layer 3 AND LAYLA moves to layer 2

&pause for 2

&LAYLA is pickup_object_neutral

&overlay MAKEUP1 shifts to 59 233 in zone 3 in 1.75

@pause for a beat

@JANE is take_object_neutral

@pause for a beat

&LAYLA is idle_armscrossed_shifteyes_loop

&overlay MAKEUP1 moves to layer 4

@overlay MAKEUP1 shifts to 102 186 in zone 3

&overlay MAKEUP1 shifts to 111 176 in zone 3 in 8

    JANE (talk_cup_neutral)
What is it?

    LAYLA (talk_excited_happy)
It's a tattoo cover up!

Maybe try it like this? I couldn’t quite understand but I have a feeling you can’t mix @overlay with character directing…
Cuz when you start your line with @overlay the script thinks you’ll be doing only the overlay directing… I think…
I don’t think I’ve ever had the same issue though

LyraKeiken · August 23, 2019, 6:45am

Has she uploaded the overlay in the exact same size you have? Sometimes people resize their overlays to be smaller than the original file size. If she hasn’t resized it/everything is exactly the same, I’d try making the scene a bit cleaner.

   LAYLA (talk_agree_happy)
I thought you might say that, and that's why I got you this.

&overlay MAKEUP1 create and overlay MAKEUP1 shifts to 99 94 in zone 3 in 0 and overlay MAKEUP1 moves to layer 1 and overlay MAKEUP opacity 100% in 0

&JANE moves to layer 3 and LAYLA moves to layer 2

##### @pause for 2 ##### I don't think you need this in the script.

&LAYLA is pickup_object_neutral 

##### @overlay MAKEUP1 shifts to 59 233 in zone 3 in 1.75 #### if you want this to happen at the same time as when Jane grabs it, change the @ to &

@JANE is take_object_neutral

&LAYLA is idle_armsrossed_shifteyes_loop

@overlay MAKEUP1 shifts to 102 186 in zone 3 in *s* and overlay MAKEUP1 moves to layer 4

&overlay MAKEUP1 shifts to 111 176 in zone 3 in 8

    JANE (talk_cup_neutral)
What is it?

    LAYLA (talk_excited_happy)
It's a tattoo cover up!

Cheris · August 23, 2019, 10:54am

Thank you two for replying. I think the problem might be that I uploaded it in another size. I will talk to her and then tell you if it worked.

Farah_DeSantis · August 24, 2019, 6:27am

your script is messy a bit. and some of the things will not work because you wrongly use &

everything with & will happen together with @ under it or with the character speaking under it

so in your script

&overlay MAKEUP1 shifts to 99 94 in zone 3 in 0 is happening in same time as
&overlay MAKEUP1 shifts to 59 233 in zone 3 in 1.75

I believe this might be the problem because it is moving and is on one place in the same time

&pause for 2 is happening in same time as
@pause for a beat

Also when you create overlay with command create you should put the opacity as last to avoid the glitch that the overlay will for miliseccons be on another place and than shift to the final position (not visible in preview but visible in app)

@overlay MAKEUP1 create
&overlay MAKEUP1 shifts to 99 94 in zone 3 in 0
&overlay MAKEUP1 moves to layer 1
@overlay MAKEUP1 opacity 1 in 0
&JANE moves to layer 3 AND LAYLA moves to layer 2
@pause for 2
&LAYLA is pickup_object_neutral
@overlay MAKEUP1 shifts to 59 233 in zone 3 in 1.75
@pause for a beat
@JANE is take_object_neutral
@pause for a beat
&LAYLA is idle_armscrossed_shifteyes_loop
&overlay MAKEUP1 moves to layer 4
@overlay MAKEUP1 shifts to 102 186 in zone 3
&overlay MAKEUP1 shifts to 111 176 in zone 3 in 8
#(it will be moving 8 seconds while JANE talks - dunno if this is what you wanted)

    JANE (talk_cup_neutral)
What is it?

LyraKeiken · August 24, 2019, 12:10pm

This shouldn’t be a problem. It’ll instead use the first command as a starting point for when the overlay moves to the second

Farah_DeSantis · August 24, 2019, 12:43pm

And in such case it will move from point 0 0 instead of from 99 94…

LyraKeiken · August 24, 2019, 12:44pm

No, it’ll position the overlay at 99 94 in zone 3, then shift it to 59 233 because the first command is in 0 seconds. The only time you’ll get a problem is if the first command has a duration of anything over 0, in which the second command will be ignored. Much like zooms that use & and the reader taps too fast.

Cheris · August 24, 2019, 11:43pm

Thank y’all really much for answering and trying to help! The problem was really the different size, thank you @LyraKeiken

LyraKeiken · August 24, 2019, 11:44pm

No problem! I’ve had a similar problem before so I’m happy to have helped

Cheris · August 24, 2019, 11:45pm

I tried everything before creating this topic. I never would have thought that the problem would be the size

Cheris · August 29, 2019, 7:34am

@Nick or @Sydney_H can you please close this.

Nick · August 30, 2019, 2:13pm

Closed: Marked as solved by op @Cheris